Hello Jonathan,
Let me see if I can give my version of a solution...
--On March 18, 2008 6:15:14 PM -0700 Jonathan Schwartz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
While on my own machines, I can and do also use screen sharing tools
such as Timbuku and VNC to access the remote web server and perform
edist using the local copy of BBEdit.
However, I am referring to ...and let's use an extreme example...a
clients windows-based system. I can't install or download any new
software.
[...]
What can I do to access my webserver and edit a php file?
I very much dislike web-based version of software, because I find them
to be slow, buggy, and overall, lacking in good integration. To solve
the problems that you are having, I use a slightly different approach.
The main problem is that of having a good editor to use on a client
machine over which you have no control, or at least, very little.
I use an external device---portable and sufficiently large---to store
the software tools that I would like to use on the clients machine. I
then also have one or two scripts that I use to set up the environment
and then clean up after myself. This works well for me because I can
usually predict the platforms which I will support, and I can have the
appropriate tools on my, say, usb drive for each platform. It will take
a little setup to start, but I find it a more satisfactory solution
than dealing with the webapps.
Here's what I would use on the various platforms:
* Mac: BBEdit or NEdit.
* Windows: Boxer
* UNIX with X: NEdit
* UNIX without X: ed or vi
All of these tools can be run from an external device, and and behave
well in the way they store configuration files, making it easy to
remove and clean up.
I hope this helps! I don't know if this would be a good solution for
you, but it works well for me.
--
Aaron Hsu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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